Automotive

May 22, 1995

Miami, FL-- "We've come a long way since last year. It's taken a lot of time and hard work." Those were the words of induction expert and race engineer David George of Honda Performance Development (HPD), Inc., Santa Clarita, CA, after the first day of qualifying by the Tasman Motorsports' LCI-...

Emissions, costs major challenges for automotive engineers

May 08, 1995

Materials & Assembly

Automotive

DN Staff

Lewis joined DuPont in 1965 as a chemist at the Marshall Laboratory in Philadelphia. Prior to his present post Lewis held these positions at DuPont: marketing manager of Industrial Finishes; assistant plant manager of DuPont's Finishes production facility; project manager at the Troy R&D...

April 24, 1995

Department of Science in House leader's plans Should the federal government amass all its nonmilitary research in a single cabinet department? Yes, says Pennsylvania's Robert Walker, chairman of the House Science Committee. He sees wasteful overlaps in the current hodgepodge of technology projects...

AGV Navigates By Laser

April 10, 1995

Automotive

DN Staff

Saro, Sweden-- Mounting a laser navigation system atop an automatic guided vehicle accomplishes three objectives when compared to wire-guided loop control: Increased flexibility in routing layout; lower installation costs; and improved performance. Patented by NDC AB, the Lazerway(TM) concept for...

April 10, 1995

Federal role in technology redefined by Capital Hill By the end of the year, government involvement in developing and promoting technology could change sharply. That, at least, is an aim of Republican leaders in Congress. Especially vulnerable are programs that border on industrial policy. Top...

Compact Engine Offers Quiet, Clean Power

March 27, 1995

Automotive

Aerospace

DN Staff

Boise, ID- With the Environmental Protection Agency's emissions standards for 1996 calling for cleaner industrial engines, designers are scrambling for replacements. One candidate is the Stirling Engine, which was patented in 1816 by Robert Stirling, a young Scottish minister. The Stirling engine...

Valve's design reduces hysteresis

March 06, 1995

Automation & Motion Control

Automotive

DN Staff

Broadview, IL -By dramatically reducing internal friction, a new linear proportional solenoid valve can precisely meter the flow of fluids. Initially employed in commercial refrigeration systems, the device addresses one of the chief problems of proportional valves: hysteresis caused by friction...

Updating the duty to warn

February 20, 1995

Automation & Motion Control

Automotive

DN Staff

Traditionally, manufacturing and design defects served as the driving force behind strict product-liability lawsuits. However, design or manufacturing flaws have been reduced substantially in recent years. Computer-aided design and other modern tools have enabled manufacturers to design and...

February 06, 1995

Aerospace Rivals Form Joint Design Team How well will design engineers at Boeing mesh with those at McDonnell Douglas? For decades they have been fierce rivals. Now they are teaming up to compete against other firms for initial contracts to build a next-generation space shuttle. In announcing the...

4-wheel drive steps back to the future

January 23, 1995

Automotive

DN Staff

Time was when four-wheel drive was simple. You turned your ignition key, popped the car in gear, and you were in full-time-four-wheel drive. Then came the oil embargo. Anything that guzzled an extra drop of gas was targeted for redesign. So part-time-four-wheel drive became the rage. And with it...